We're Only Alive For A Short Amount Of Time

Anspacher Theater

June 13 - July 14

Written and Performed by David CaleLyrics by David CaleMusic by David Cale and Matthew Dean MarshDirected by Robert Falls

In a co-production with Goodman Theatre

Growing up, writer/performer David Cale escaped his parents’ fraught marriage by singing in his bedroom and tending to birds in his backyard animal hospital. Lush songs, featuring a six-piece orchestra, and an intimate portrait of his mother unite in Cale’s vivid musical memoir of hope, family, and transcendence. Cale returns to The Public after appearing in Deep in a Dream of You and The Total Bent.

David Cale

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DAVID CALE (Playwright, Lyricist, Co-Composer, Performer). Cale’s solo works include Palomino (Kirk Douglas Theatre, K.C. Rep, also director), A Likely Story (The New Group), Lillian (Playwrights Horizons, Goodman Theatre, Obie Award), Deep in a Dream of You (Public Theater, Goodman, Bessie Award), and The Redthroats (Second Stage, P.S. 122, Goodman, Bessie). He wrote the book, lyrics, co-composed the music for, and starred in the musical Floyd and Clea Under theWestern Sky (Playwrights Horizons, Goodman, Outer Critics Circle Nomination). He composed the songs for Employee of the Year (UTR, Public, Bessie Nomination). Select acting credits include The Threepenny Opera (Broadway/Studio 54) and The Total Bent (Public Theater). Film credits include Light From Light (upcoming), Private Life, and The Slaughter Rule. TV credits include Russian Doll. Most recently he wrote the solo play Harry Clarke starring Billy Crudup (Vineyard Theatre/Audible, Minetta Lane, Lucille Lortel Award).

WE’RE ONLY ALIVE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME is made possible by piece by piece productions.

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